The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

from CDWilson27

Carolyn Mackler dives right in to the mass of emotions that 14-year-old Virginia deals with. The youngest of 3 children, one a BMOC at Columbia University, another in the Peace Corps, she feels lost within her family and a social outcast at school. She is a list person - one of the more disturbin...

from crochetbunnii

Virginia doesn't fit into her family. Her parents and siblings are beautiful and skinny and perfect. Virginia is frumpy, complacent and tries desperately to fit in. Communication issues with her parents, tactless comments form her brother and a sister out of touch, Virginia tries to convince hers...

from jordyn_gymnast

Very funny, I liked it a lot. It is one of my favorite books. I liked how the main character struggles with self esteem issues, and finally overcomes them to fight against her fashion, skinny -obsessed mother. She really gives them a fight and in the end she learns to accept herself fat or skinny...

from startwithgivens

I think this is a good YA novel about being confident, although expressing that confidence as teenage rebellion could have used more development. I also enjoy that it addresses the realization that life is never ideal or perfect but everything can still be okay.

from ashleymcquirk

Virginia Shreves is an average high school freshman. Her family is just a modern day "Leave It to Beaver" family until her brother date rapes a girl. Virginia finds ways to rebel and discover her own identity and personality apart from her family so that in turn she can feel like a part of her fa...